New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand) back issues from April 2008:
In a New York state of mind.
Apr 02, 2008 ... APARTMENT 2G, SUMMIT APARTMENTS, 38 DOUGLAS STREET, PONSONBY. PETE Ashley says his friends give him a hard time for being "a broke student" with an apartment in Ponsonby. He's studying audio engineering, and he and girlfriend Georgie ...
INDUSTRY INSIDER.
Apr 02, 2008 ... STEPPING STONES A year after it was set up to help New Zealanders achieve big goals, the Harveys Stepping Stone Foundation has helped turn dreams into reality. Established in January 2007 by Harveys Real Estate, in its first year the Stepping Stone Foundation has distributed ...
Art deco charm.
Apr 02, 2008 ... 20 MT ROYAL AVENUE, MT ALBERT. THE potential offered by a simple, charming Art Deco home spurred a couple with design skills to tap their landlord on the shoulder. Kirsty Mitchell and Ranalde Baker rented a solid stucco 1940s home in a quiet Mt Albert ...
ELLERSLIEWESTMEREPONSONBYKARAKAREMUERAST JOHNS PARKSIX OF THE BEST.
Apr 02, 2008 ... SIZE: Size: House 88sq m. ON THE WEB: www.raywhite.com # EPS11661 CONTACT: Caroline Yau, Ray White Epsom, ph 623 3000 or 021 618 211. SIZE: Land 640sq m, house 140sq m. ON THE WEB: www.barfoot.co.nz # 383307 CONTACT: Brian ...
APARTMENT SMART.
Apr 02, 2008 ... I am a student at university and would like to benefit from the fall in the property market and buy an apartment. I can only stretch to a studio apartment and not a very big one. I would need a 100 per cent mortgage in order to do this and someone told me that I couldn't buy a small studio ...
Straight from the art.
Apr 02, 2008 ... 1 Night Birger et Mikkelson cashmere blend cardigan, $495, from Muse. Marni silk skirt, $1125, from Scotties. Shellshock bracelets, $79 each. Costume National leather ankle boot, $1150, from Ashley Ardrey. Columbine opaque tights, throughout from Smith & Caughey's. 2 Kate ...
ON THE COVER.
Apr 02, 2008 ... ON THE COVER 6The office A working wardrobe 10The hit list Cathrin Schaer's runthrough of winter's trends FASHION & BEAUTY 4With the band The rock chick lives on 8Art school Match your ...
NOPLAIN SAILING.
Apr 02, 2008 ... HE'S worked with some of the biggest names in international design, he's got his own line of lighting coming out soon via fancy British interiors brand Habitat, and about a dozen design projects on the go, including health drinks, "carbon-positive" bicycle lockers, kitchen knives and a ...
technology also keeps the dust out of my office and means fewer sandpaper calluses on my fingers! You can see some good examples of people using th...
Apr 02, 2008 ... technology also keeps the dust out of my office and means fewer sandpaper calluses on my fingers! You can see some good examples of people using these processes at Freedom of Creation (www.freedomofcreation.com) and Ponoko ( www.ponoko.com). 4Bicycles. The perfect mechanical ...
New wongs triesto make it lite.
Apr 02, 2008 ... IT WAS a hot summer day and the beach was burning. Sydney can be like that in March. Jude and I quit the sand and hit the train. Got out at Central and walked up the hill, looking for a bite. Stopped outside a buzzy cafe. "This looks great," she said. "It should," I replied ....
SONG OF THE season.
Apr 02, 2008 ... DO NOT adjust that dial. Next up on Trendsetter Radio we have the top six songs that your wardrobe will be humming to this winter. And yes, it's all hits, no cheese and only a few retro repeats. #6 Rehab - from 2006, by Amy Winehouse Ignore the singer's skeletal ...
GETGETAHEAD,A HAT.
Apr 02, 2008 ... INTERESTINGLY for someone younger, Zoe Philpott is a firm advocate of the wearing of hats. No, not like your auntie did to the races - Philpott says she likes to wear some sort of upper-level decoration every day, from headbands to scarves to flowers to hats she's decorated herself. ...
HEADSHot.
Apr 02, 2008 ... HOPEFULLY by now you've realised that it would be the ultimate in follicular faux pas to request a haircut "like Rachel from Friends". So which hot-headed celeb should your tresses be emulating this season? And, cor blimey missus, are you ready to dye your hair bright pink? ...
Radical or romantic?
Apr 02, 2008 ... THERE'S a battle going on upon the runways, both near and far. In one corner there are the romantics - designers doing dreamscapes filled with frothy fashion concoctions, complete with feathered hats, tiaras and maidens riding in on horse-drawn carriages. In the other corner are ...
don't remove any skin. I don't like hair-removal creams because of what they do to the skin. You can't take a product that removes and dissolves "h...
Apr 02, 2008 ... don't remove any skin. I don't like hair-removal creams because of what they do to the skin. You can't take a product that removes and dissolves "hard keratin" (such as hair) without affecting the more sensitive "soft keratin" (skin) beneath. Don't apply foundation on your lips ...
WELL MADE.
Apr 02, 2008 ... RAE MORRIS has been described as one of the world's most creative artists, but her work is not hanging in museums. Instead, it's seen on the faces and bodies of top models and actors. The Australian makeup artist reveals her golden rules for finding the right lip shade and doing ...
Last of the summer wine.
Apr 02, 2008 ... WE have surely been blessed this summer with the most idyllic weather for entertaining outdoors. It's been day after day of balmy temperatures, with no need to reach for the cardy as the sun begins to set. Alas, the end is nigh so what better reason to gather your mates and throw one last ...
Jean genies.
Apr 02, 2008 ... Jean genies They use 60-year-old looms to make the denim, then a 600-year-old dyeing technique to colour the resulting jeans. The business has been run by the same family for over 100 years and the aesthetic is still artisan. In fact, Aika means "indigo song" in Japanese. All of ...
STRIKING THERIGHT NOTE.
Apr 02, 2008 ... 1 Mala Brajkovic needlecord skirt, $415, and silk satin blouse, $325. Deborah Sweeney metallic leggings, $135, from Sabine. Red bangle, $40; and studded bangle, $75; both from Macy Home. 2 Kate Sylvester silk strapless dress, $745. Day Birger et Mikkelson hipflask necklaces, ...
A programmefor change.
Apr 02, 2008 ... INHALING cowpats, maturing wine in the boot of a car and comparing the flavours of a fine bordeaux to a lowly brand of sweets are all scenes from Oz and James's Big Wine Adventure - who said wine wasn't entertaining enough for the telly! For those who've been enjoying the duo's exploits ...
Makeit work.
Apr 02, 2008 ... 1 Helen Cherry ruffle sleeve wool dress, $479, from Workshop. Feather corsage, stylist's own. Cynch leather double belt, $85. 2 Anouk silk satin blouse, $198. Karen Walker wool cropped pants, $480. Mi Piaci leather platforms, $220. 3 Hailwood wool tunic dress, $300 ....
Difficult shift from peer to boss.
Apr 02, 2008 ... YOU'RE the boss. Your workmates have been your peers and colleagues for years but now that's changed. You have just received a promotion and now you're the team leader and supervisor. Dr Sharon Rippin, organisational psychologist and director of Cerno, says this transition is ...
Can-do attitudehelps youngstersreach potential.
Apr 02, 2008 ... Describe what you do.As training and development manager for the Foundation for Youth Development (FYD), I'm involved in co-ordinating the training and programme development for FYD's three programmes; Kiwi Can, Stars and Project K. I work with diverse groups, including our ...
z IN BRIEFHillary tributeto show on TV.
Apr 02, 2008 ... TV One will broadcast the Queen's memorial service for Sir Edmund Hillary tonight. More than 1000 people are expected to pay tribute to the mountaineer - who died on January 11 - at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle today. Members of Sir Edmund's family are attending, as is a list of ...
Global giant invests in NZX platform.
Apr 02, 2008 ... One of market operator New Zealand Exchange's boldest diversifications, the AXE ECN Australian alternative share trading platform, has secured a handy boost, with giant global investment bank Credit Suisse coming on board. AXE ECN is half owned by NZX with the other half being ...
Receiverstakingdirectorsto court.
Apr 02, 2008 ... Bridgecorp's receivers have started court action to recover hundreds of thousands of dollars from the group's directors which include founder Rod Petricevic. The receivers also said the property market downturn had hit likely payouts to investors, who were now expected to get ...
BRIDGECORP BATTLE BEGINSFULL STORY - BUSINESS, C1.
Apr 02, 2008 ... Receivers have started legal action to recover hundreds of thousands of dollars from the directors of failed finance company Bridgecorp, including founder Rod Petricevic. The court battle will focus on advances, salaries and bonuses paid to the directors before the company was ...
z IN BRIEFING appointreal estate MD.
Apr 02, 2008 ... ING has appointed Jeremy Nicoll as its new managing director of real estate, following Andy Evans' resignation at the end of last year. Marc Lieberman, ING's chief executive, said Nicoll had been with ING for nine years, most recently as the chief financial officer and company secretary ...
Murder numberslowest for 10 years.
Apr 02, 2008 ... New Zealand's murder rate is at its lowest point for 10 years. But violent crimes continue to rise. Police statistics issued yesterday show there were 45 murders last year - a fact which Police Minister Annette King says goes against perceptions that New Zealand has ...
Demand cleaner vehiclessays green car missionary.
Apr 02, 2008 ... Visiting American electric-car missionary Chelsea Sexton is urging New Zealand motorists to demand a greener future from vehicle dealers and importers. The former General Motors saleswoman, part of a marketing corps in the 1990s for the first production-model electric car in ...
Temm starsas Baradenecause upset.
Apr 02, 2008 ... Led by an impressive match double from captain Imogen Temm, third seed Baradene upset favoured Diocesan in their semifinal of the NZCT girl's cricket qualifying tournament at Melville Park. There was an equally eye-catching effort with bat and ball from fourth seeded Westlake ...
CRICKET.
Apr 02, 2008 ... CRICKET AUCKLAND Girls Auckland NZCT qualifying tournament (Twenty20 matches).- Semifinals (winners to final in term four and national championship in Christchurch): WGHS 88 (Courtney Manning 32; Carly Eklund 4-27, Ellen Tocher 3-14) lost to ...
COMING UP.
Apr 02, 2008 ... TODAY:Tennis, NZSS zone one qualifying tournament (boys and girls), Scarbro Tennis Centre. Wrestling, Auckland SS championships, Dilworth School, weigh-in 9am. TOMORROW: Aquathon, AK SS championships, Long Bay 10am. Orienteering, Auckland SS team relay ...
Chelsea Park sale: It's a dealENVIRONMENT.
Apr 02, 2008 ... The sale of the 36.7ha Chelsea Park on Waitemata Harbour is to go ahead after the sugar refinery company and opponents reached a deal on its zoning. Agreement for the sale was reached in 2005 but with riders - a community trust had to raise the $20 million price tag; the North ...
Student writer takes on worldEDUCATION.
Apr 02, 2008 ... A love of literature has won an Auckland student a trip to see the haunts of some of the world's greatest authors. Lucy Rogers, in year 11 at Diocesan School in Epsom, won an international short story competition based on the fantasy novel Conspiracy of Calaspia. ...
Rankin hides adviceon 'laughable' planGOVERNANCE.
Apr 02, 2008 ... Auckland City chief executive David Rankin is hiding advice he has received from consultants on a radical plan to reshape Auckland. This follows concerns by community board leaders that Mr Rankin has ignored their wishes to focus on the big picture at the expense of local ...
Super-city report is not evidence based, just opinionRUDMAN'S CITYBRIAN RUDMAN.
Apr 02, 2008 ... DON'T pay! That's my advice to Auckland City councillors if the latest pro-super city report is all they're getting for the $410,000 bill from consultants, PricewaterhouseCoopers et al. Anyone looking for a reasoned argument in favour of radical reform to put before the Royal Commission on ...
'Fine tuning' gives upsetpassengers their buses backTRANSPORT.
Apr 02, 2008 ... Several North Shore bus routes dropped or altered in February with the introduction of the Northern Busway will be reinstated next week. The Auckland Regional Transport Authority has agreed to reinstate the peak-time 963 service between Campbells Bay and Newmarket, the 964 ...
Prices cheese off fundraisers.
Apr 02, 2008 ... A favourite fundraiser, cheese rolls, is going off the menu for education providers as soaring dairy prices make them too expensive to produce. Karen Crawford, treasurer of the Mornington Kindergarten in Dunedin said the rolls had been "very, very expensive" to produce during a ...
Chelsea Park sale gets nod.
Apr 02, 2008 ... The sale of the 36.7ha Chelsea Park on Waitemata Harbour is to go ahead following a deal reached by the sugar refinery company and opponents to its future zoning plans. Agreement for the sale was reached in 2005 but with riders: a community trust had to raise the $20 million ...
Chiefs enjoy rare stabilityahead of Brumbies clash.
Apr 02, 2008 ... Their team announcement may have come on April Fools Day but it was no stitch-up - the Chiefs really are going to field an unchanged line-up for the first time this season, against the Brumbies in Canberra on Friday night. Having rediscovered their attacking flair over the past ...
Submissionsflood in foremissionstrade scheme.
Apr 02, 2008 ... A mountain of submissions will begin to be heard today on the Government's flagship emissions trading scheme, which has become a more contentious issue than it was when it was first announced last year. The Climate Change (Emissions Trading and Renewable Preference) Bill will ...
O-League run at stake in derby.
Apr 02, 2008 ... Don't mention the "D" word to Waitakere United coach Chris Milicich. Fully aware draws in today's O-League group decider against perennial rivals Auckland City and Sunday's final New Zealand Football Championship game in Dunedin will give the West Aucklanders a double whammy, ...
The miserly muscle car.
Apr 02, 2008 ... THE legions of American muscle car fans are in mourning - rising fuel prices have forced General Motors to consider using a four-cylinder engine as an option in its new Chevrolet Camaro. The drivetrain under consideration is the turbocharged 195kW 2-litre unit used in Stateside ...
COUCHGUIDE.
Apr 02, 2008 ... 7.30PM, TV3 TOP CHEF In a quickfire challenge that sounds like a bid for best poor-man's gourmet meal, the contestants must create gourmet dishes after perusing just one specific aisle in the supermarket and spending only $10. But they don't get to cook it in a scarfie's ...
What now for Ivan andhis terrible Warriors?
Apr 02, 2008 ... IVAN Cleary is not a man given to wild statements or the display of strong emotions - not in my admittedly very limited experience of observing him at close hand. But it's doubtful if the phlegmatic Warriors coach, the ultimate professional as a player in that he made the utmost ...
HOWICK Howick police are looking for Matthew Christopher Hall, 22, who is wanted on charges including possession of a knife in a public place, thef...
Apr 02, 2008 ... HOWICK Howick police are looking for Matthew Christopher Hall, 22, who is wanted on charges including possession of a knife in a public place, theft, receiving stolen property and possession of utensils for the manufacture of methamphetamine. If you know where he is, phone Constable Garry ...
z IN BRIEFTompkins riding for Beijing.
Apr 02, 2008 ... Taranaki rider Heelan Tompkins will be looking to impress selectors at this weekend's World Cup eventing qualifier being held with the international horse trial at Kihikihi, near Te Awamutu. Tompkins is one of eight riders shortlisted for Olympic selection and has opted to base her ...
WELCOME TO AUCK-LA-LA-LAND.
Apr 02, 2008 ... Our views have been totally ignored. Consultation has been a joke it gives no representation to democracy at the grass-roots level and just stinks. - Bruce Kilmister (City Vision), chairman Western Bays community board. They [officers] have been sitting too long in ...
Rich kids more likely to get diabetes: study.
Apr 02, 2008 ... Type 1 diabetes hits children and babies more in wealthy New Zealand suburbs than in poor ones, a study has revealed. It is the first research of its type on the rapidly escalating auto-immune disease in New Zealand, confirming studies overseas on its social and economic ...
New credit crunch?It's not new here.
Apr 02, 2008 ... MONEY does matter. Alasdair Thompson addressed a fundamental question in economics in his opinion piece on Monday. He says that the easy money policies in the United States and other countries that have contributed to the credit crunch mean little to the real economy of physical ...
Relief as heavens open in Waikato.
Apr 02, 2008 ... Stuck in the grip of the region's driest conditions in more than a century, Waikato got some much-needed rain yesterday. But while some farmers are becoming more optimistic about better times because of shorter and cooler days ahead, the rainfall was not enough to break the ...
WEATHER.
Apr 02, 2008 ... WEATHER Northland: A few light showers, clearing in the morning, 23. Waikato: Areas of morning cloud, clearing, 24. Wellington: Becoming fine, 16. INDEX Full index - A2Births, deaths - D5 TV - ...
Groups clash over family violence stats.
Apr 02, 2008 ... Police and family groups are at odds as to why family violence statistics have risen. The figures show there was an increase of more than 6000 violent offences in 2007. Most of these were family violence reports which surged 31.5 per cent since 2006. Assistant Police ...
Calls for monopoly to boost broadband.
Apr 02, 2008 ... Private think-tank the New Zealand Institute is calling for a regulated monopoly company to lay swathes of fibre optic cable to jumpstart New Zealand's broadband capability. But critics reacted with alarm at the idea of a new monopoly and question whether there is demand for ...
Paulson's paucity of visionFRAN O'SULLIVANColumnist.
Apr 02, 2008 ... PREVENTION is the best cure for most things. But when it comes to major disruptions in international financial markets United States regulators rarely suggest remedies until the disease has virtually killed the patient. So it is with the sweeping plans US Treasury Secretary ...
Frauddetectives'powersslashed.
Apr 02, 2008 ... The Serious Fraud Office's power to compel suspects to answer questions will be removed when it is merged with the police organised crime unit. The Government will today unveil details of its new-look Organised and Financial Crime Agency, designed to get tough on gangs and white ...
Clip coupons to cut back on fuel bill.
Apr 02, 2008 ... Change vehicles, step off the gas pedal, or clip coupons if you want to save on petrol, because the global credit crunch is pushing up pump prices, says Automobile Association spokesman Mike Noon. International traders were helping to boost the price as oil increasingly came to ...
Unlucky in the lucky country.
Apr 02, 2008 ... CANBERRA - The dark side of Australia's golden years is being hauled into the light as debt begins to overwhelm the nation's struggling mortgage belt. While the Reserve Bank yesterday resisted a further rise in interest rates, the pain of eight successive increases in the ...
Hope follows despair for waterfront investors.
Apr 02, 2008 ... Blue Chip investors who bought into a luxury waterfront lodge north of Auckland say they are making the best out of a bad situation - and are succeeding. Twenty-nine investors who bought 35 units at the Gulf Harbour Lodge on the Whangaparaoa Peninsula have collectively taken ...
Prepared to pay to bring her home.
Apr 02, 2008 ... PARIS - Imagine that a politician in Colombia who has dual citizenship with New Zealand has been taken hostage. Striving to secure this person's release, Wellington offers members of the hostage-taking group - insurgents with a history of violence and drugs trafficking - a new ...
Rankin hides adviceon 'laughable' plan.
Apr 02, 2008 ... Auckland City chief executive David Rankin is hiding advice he has received from consultants into a radical plan to reshape Auckland. This follows concerns by community board leaders that Mr Rankin has ignored their wishes to focus on the big picture at the expense of local ...
Give us the message butcut out the sermonising TAPU MISA.
Apr 02, 2008 ... WHAT do we expect from the church and its leaders? Moral leadership? Social conscience? Good works? Or just to shut up and go away? If you voted for the latter, you were probably not alone. In Britain, the Catholic Church's fierce opposition to the Labour Government's Human ...
Douglas acat amongthe pigeonsOUR VIEW.
Apr 02, 2008 ... THE return of Sir Roger Douglas to active politics has put a cat among the pigeons, particularly those in the National Party. Sir Roger's ambitions have been the subject of much pointless conjecture as to whether he means to take over leadership of the Act party, or hopes to sit in a ...
BREVITIES.
Apr 02, 2008 ... ON BROADBANDCommunications Minister David Cunliffe seems pleased that he has forced Telecom to deliver 10 megabit broadband to 80 per cent of households by 2012. If we make that goal, we will achieve what leading broadband countries managed 10 years earlier. They are now at 100 megabit, ...